2005 PREISM Workshop

Program of Research on the Economics of Invasive Species Management
A workshop sponsored by USDA's Economic Research Service and Farm Foundation
October 20-21, 2005        Washington D.C. 

Part of a series of workshop organized since 2003, this conference reviewed the progress of research projects funded from the ERS Program of Research on Invasive Species Management, provided ideas for strengthening those projects, and set an agenda for future action. This research is expected to produce useful tools for producers, policy makers and program decision makers, with special emphasis on border security and inspection protocols. Presentations are linked within the program below. 

PROGRAM
October 20, 2005
Welcome	Moderator: Robert Dismukes, Market and Trade Economics Division, ERS
	Welcome to ERS - Mary Bohman, Resource and Rural Economics Division, ERS
	Welcome to the Workshop - Steve A. Halbrook, Farm Foundation
	Keynote Speech — John Mumford, Imperial College London, Consistent Frameworks for Evolving Biosecurity Decisions
Research Presentations I	Moderator: Craig Osteen, Resource and Rural Economics Division, ERS
	Bruce Maxwell, Montana State University - Developing and Integrating Tools for Assessing the Impacts of Invasive Plants for Prioritization of Management on Federal Lands
	Barry Goodwin and Nick Piggott, North Carolina State University - Spatio-Temporal Models of Asian Citrus Canker Risks: Implications for Indemnification Funds and Insurance Contracts
	Richard Horan, Michigan State University - Economics of Managing Infectious Wildlife Disease When Livestock Are at Risk
	Lisa Wainger, University of Maryland - Comparing Cost, Risk and Benefit Tradeoffs under Uncertainty: Cheatgrass Case Study
	Discussants: Sabrina Lovell, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Terry Hurley, University of Minnesota
Luncheon.	Moderator: Stan Daberkow, Resource and Rural Economics Division, ERS
	Luncheon Speaker: Alan Burdick, Senior Editor, Discover Magazine, Why Not Love Aliens? What Invasive Species Can Tell Us about How Nature Does — and Doesn't — Work
Research Presentations II	Moderator: Michael Livingston, Resource and Rural Economics Division, ERS
	Lars Olson, University of Maryland - International Trade and the Economics of Invasive Species Prevention and Control
	James J. Opaluch, University of Rhode Island - A Risk-Based Approach to Managing Intentional Introduction of Non-Native Species
	John Tschirhart, University of Wyoming - Comparing Modeling Approaches for Invasive Species Management
	James N. Sanchirico, Resources for the Future - Spatial Management of Invasive Alien Species: An Application to Cheatgrass Management in the Great Basin
	Discussants: Linda Fernandez, University of California, Riverside; Carissa Marasas, APHIS-USDA
Research Presentations III	Moderator: Kenneth Mathews, Market and Trade Economics Division, ERS
	Philip Paarlberg, Purdue University - Economic Impacts of Foreign Animal Disease
	Munisamy Gopinath, Oregon State University - State Noxious Weed Seed Regulations: Economic or Scientific Decisions?
	Daniel A. Sumner, University of California, Davis - Weather Shocks and Pest Policy: Hurricanes and Citrus Canker
	Discussants: Jennifer L. Grannis, APHIS-USDA; Rhonda Skaggs, New Mexico State University
October 21, 2005
Research Presentations IV	Moderator: Donna Roberts, Market and Trade Economics Division, ERS
	L. Joe Moffitt, University of Massachusetts at Amherst - Robust Inspection for Invasive Species with a Limited Budget
	Amit Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology - On Economic Cost Minimization Versus Biological Invasion Damage Control
	Thomas I. Wahl, Washington State University - Dynamic Effects of Alternative Invasive Species Policies on Livestock and Perennial Fruit Production
	Brooks Kaiser, Gettysburg College and James Roumasset, University of Hawaii - Avoiding and Catching Brown Tree Snakes in Hawaii
	Discussants: Lori Lynch, University of Maryland; David Simpson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Wrap-up Panel	Moderator: Utpal Vasavada, Resource and Rural Economics Division, ERS Workshop Wrap-up Wiktor Adamowicz, University of Alberta Robert Griffin, APHIS, U.S. Department of Agriculture John Mumford, Imperial College London Wesley Musser, University of Maryland Douglas Neumann, U.S. Department of State James Schaub, ORACBA, U.S. Department of Agriculture

REVIEW PRESENTATIONS FROM PRIOR WORKSHOPS:

2004 Workshop

2003 Workshop